Go Back Keyboard Preferences
Date: 2/1/2023
When was the last time you thought about your keyboard?
Was it recently, or never? It feels like most people I know fall into one of those two camps. Until the past few years, I hadn't really thought much about what I thwacking away on.
A few friends who are more into mechanical keyboards slowly won me over to the dark side in a non-pushy way. I appreciated this. I found out about keyboard-preferences communities dedicated to the elusive perfect key-cap.
Time for Typing
Sure, I spent some time looking up all I cared to know about the different types of switches. I guess, at the end of the day, the crowd-pleasing brown switch seemed like the fit for me. After a few months of testing out mechanical life on a Redragon Draconic model I knew that I needed to keep exploring. This keyboard is great for saving desk space and, the backlight shines through the keys making it a perfect choice for gaming. The keys are satisfying.
The brown switches have been a life changer. The market is teeming with hundreds of switch and key-cap options at any given moment. A few youtube videos showed me everything I needed to know. Assembling a keyboard isn't where my head is at quite yet. Low caps seem more alluring than ever after a trial run of the more traditional height. All of this leads me to the keyboard that I use today:
NuPhy Air 75
You might have seen it around by now if you have paid any attention to what I'm calling the "upscale casual keyboard market".
While I feel like I was supposed to look further, and like I was never supposed to opt for low-profile key-caps, what can I say, this product was very appealing. My hope is that the lower caps will equal easier typing for long periods of time since that is most of what my job entails now.